Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) Reaches New 12-Month Low - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• Criteo's stock has reached a new 12-month low at $21.30, reflecting a significant decline from a previous close of $22.18.
• Analyst ratings showed mixed signals, with five analysts rating the stock as buy and a target average price adjusted to $40.00, down from previous highs.
• The company reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.92 for the last quarter, exceeding estimates and indicating a 2.5% increase in quarterly revenue year-over-year.

Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $21.30 and last traded at $21.31, with a volume of 444773 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $22.18.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CRTO has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of Criteo from $54.00 to $40.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Benchmark decreased their target price on shares of Criteo from $46.00 to $42.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Criteo from $49.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Criteo from $42.00 to $41.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their target price on shares of Criteo from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Criteo currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $40.00.

Criteo Stock Down 3.9%

The firm's fifty day moving average price is $23.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.23 billion, a PE ratio of 8.92 and a beta of 0.42.

Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The information services provider reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $292.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $274.62 million. Criteo had a net margin of 7.10% and a return on equity of 16.91%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.08 earnings per share. Criteo has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Criteo S.A. will post 3.09 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Criteo

In other Criteo news, insider Brian Gleason sold 2,842 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.85, for a total value of $64,939.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 152,122 shares in the company, valued at $3,475,987.70. This represents a 1.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.66% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Criteo

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CRTO. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Criteo by 2,217.2% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 37,747 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $1,337,000 after purchasing an additional 36,118 shares in the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Criteo by 25.4% in the first quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. now owns 1,410,564 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $49,948,000 after acquiring an additional 285,285 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Criteo by 8.6% in the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 42,239 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $1,496,000 after acquiring an additional 3,346 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Criteo in the first quarter valued at $524,000. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in shares of Criteo by 8.3% in the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 37,939 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $1,343,000 after acquiring an additional 2,900 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.27% of the company's stock.

Criteo Company Profile

Criteo SA, a technology company, provides marketing and monetization services on the open Internet in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's Criteo Shopper Graph, which derives clients' proprietary commerce data, such as transaction activity on their digital properties.

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